Page 11: Historical Events In 1968

Jun 04   On this day in history dorothy Gish, [de Guiche], actress (Home Sweet Home), dies at 70   

Jun 05   In the year 1968 senator Robert F. Kennedy was shot and mortally wounded by Sirhan Bishara Sirhan, who was immediately arrested. Kennedy had just claimed victory in California's Democratic presidential primary. 68   

Jun 05   In the year 1968 sirhan Sirhan shoots Bobby Kennedy, who dies the next day   

Jun 05   US Senator Robert Kennedy shot and killed in Los Angeles on this day in history.   

Jun 06   In the year 1968 franklin C Fry, US minister (World Rad of Church), dies   

Jun 06   Senator Robert F. Kennedy succumbs to being shot by Sirhan Bishara Sirhan the day before in Los Angeles on this day in history.   

Jun 07   Dan Duryea, actor (Pride of the Yankees), dies of cancer at at 60 in the year 1968.   

Jun 07   Sirhan Sirhan indicted for Bobby Kennedy assassination in the year 1968.   

Jun 08   Gary Puckett &The Union Gap release "Lady Will Power" on this day in history.   

Jun 08   In the year 1968 james Earl Ray, suspected of assassinating Martin Luther King Jr., is captured at the London Airport.   

Jun 08   On this day in history new colonial constitution for Bermuda adopted   

Jun 08   On this day in history rolling Stones release "Jumpin' Jack Flash"   

Jun 10   Yury Sergeyevich Milyutin, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

Jun 12   Fidelio Friedrich Finke, composer, dies at 76 in the year 1968.   

Jun 14   In the year 1968 karl-Birger Blomdahl, Swedish opera composer (Aniara), dies at 51   

Jun 15   John Lennon & Yoko Ono plant an acorn at Conventry Cathedral in the year 1968.   

Jun 15   In the year 1968 samuel Earl "Wahoo Sam" Crawford, baseball pitcher, dies at 88   

Jun 18   Supreme Court bans racial discrimination in sale &rental of housing in the year 1968.   

Jun 19   In the year 1968 50,000 participate in Solidarity Day March of Poor People's Campaign   

Jun 20   Jim Hines becomes first person to run 100 meters in under 10 seconds in the year 1968.   

Jun 21   On this day in history ruth St Denis, ballerina (Dances of the 5 Senses), dies at 91   

Jun 21   On this day in history supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren resigns   

Jun 24   Canadian Sandra Post becomes first non-US &1st rookie LPGA winner on this day in history.   

Jun 24   On this day in history deadline for redeeming silver certificate dollars for silver bullion   

Jun 24   Joe Frazier TKOs Manda Ramos for world heavyweight boxing title in the year 1968.   

Jun 24   On this day in history resurrection City closed   

Jun 25   Tony Hancock, actor/writer (Call Me Genius, Rebel), dies at 43 on this day in history.   

Jun 26   Iwo Jima & Bonin Islands returned to Japan by US in the year 1968.   

Jun 27   In the year 1968 ludvik Vaculik publishes "Manifest of 2000 words" in Prague   

Jun 27   On this day in history norman Norton, cricketer (dismissed Hobbs in only Test for S Af), dies   

Jun 28   On this day in history daniel Ellsberg indicted for leaking Pentagon Papers   

Jun 29   Kitty Kelly, actress (Ladies of Jury, Behind Office Doors), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

Jun 30   On this day in history gaullists win victory in the French National Assembly elections   

Jun 30   On this day in history john Gough, actor (Circus Kid, 2 for Tonight), dies at 73   

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Jan 02   Cuba Gooding Jr, actor (Boyz N the Hood, Glaadiator, Few Good Men) was born in the year 1968.   

Jan 02   Scott Mitchell, NFL quarterback (Detroit Lions) was born in the year 1968.   

Jan 02   Anky van Grunsven, Dutch dressage champion was born in the year 1968.   

Jan 02   Evan Parke, Jamaican actor was born in the year 1968.   

Jan 03   In the year 1968 birth of kent Carlsson, Sweden, tennis star   

Jan 03   Kerry Huffman, Peterborough, NHL defenseman (Phila Flyers, Ottawa) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of shannon Sturges, actress (Savannah)   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of thomas Rayam, CFL offensive linebacker (Edmonton Eskimos)   

Jan 02   On this day in history sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer, dies   

Jan 04   Joseph Pholien, Belgian PM (1950-52) communist fighter, dies at 83 in the year 1968.   

Jan 05   On this day in history jean Murat, actor (On the Riviera), dies at 79   

Jan 06   In the year 1968 kurt Baschwitz, Germ/Dutch sociologist/journalist (Heksen), dies at 81   

Jan 07   Prof James Smith, South African ichthyologist (b. 1897) died in the year 1968.   

Jan 09   Kokichi Tsuburaya, Japanese marathoner (Oly-bronze-1964), commits suicide died on this day in history.   

Jan 10   Basil Sydney, actor (Hamlet, Simba), dies of pleurisy at 73 in the year 1968.   

Jan 11   Isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898) died in the year 1968.